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1
Feb
1977
Technical Reports
Improvement of the Effectiveness of Motorist Warnings at Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings
Keywords: Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings; Grade Crossing Safety; Grade Crossing Motorist Warning Devices; Grade Crossing Flashing Lights
Abstract: Flashing red incandescent lamps have formed the primary motorist warning device at grade crossings for several decades, in spite of technical constraints that inherently limit the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/07
Office
RDI-20
19
Jan
1977
Technical Reports
Final Standards, Classification, and Designation of Lines of Class I Railroads in the United States Volume I
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Classification, Final Standards, Public Participation
Abstract: The Department has attempted to reconcile or explain apparent inconsistencies with the purpose and goals of the Act. The Final Report hopefully reflects the best judgment of the...
Office
RRD
1
Oct
1976
Technical Reports
Feasibility of Flaw Detection in Railroad Wheels Using Acoustic Signatures
Subject
Railroad System Oversight
Keywords: Railroad cars, Vehicle wheels, Nondestructive tests, Defects, Acoustic signatures, Cracks, Pattern recognition, Computer printouts, BASIC programming language, ANSYS computer program
Abstract: The feasibility study on the use of acoustic signatures for detection of flaws in railway wheels was conducted with the ultimate objective of development of an intrack device for...
Report Number
DOT-TSC-FRA-76-6; FRA/ORD-76/290
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1976
Technical Reports
Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Economic Analysis Report - Phase I
Subject
Freight Operations,
Evaluation
Keywords: Operating Costs, Operating Conditions, Cost Performance Evaluation, Improved Freight Car Investment Evaluation, Cash Flow
Abstract: This report summarizes the truck economic research accomplished during Phase I of the Federal Railroad Administration's three-phase Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP). In...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-76/287.I
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1976
Technical Reports
Study of Friction and Creep Between Steel Wheels and Rails
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: Adhesion, Traction, Contact Zone
Abstract: A systematic experimental, parametric and similitude investigation of the friction and creep behavior of a steel wheel rolling on a steel rail is given. Laboratory investigation...
Report Number
FRA/OR&D-76/271
Office
RRD